Awning



J. E. MOORE March 31, 1931.

AwNING Filed May 51. 1929 s sheets-sheet 1 ATTORNEY March 31, 1931.

J. B. MOORE 1,799,020

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Jau/N J0. BY am www ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 31, 1931 NETED JOHN BALTICMoonn, or' ULETA, sinonimi AWITING Application filed May 31, 1929.Serial No. 367,556.

The object of this invention is to provide means for protecting a windowand window opening from sun, and from rain and snow, and likewiseserving when an all-metal conc struction is employed as an effectiveprotection against fire.

A further object is to provid-e a main frame, special means forelevating the frame assinned to have suitable covering of fabric or lemetal, means for retaining an adjusted position, and pivoted meansadapted to depend from the outer edge, and rendering the awn ing moreeective than it would otherwise be as a shield or as a protectingdevice.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in View, the invention consists inthe novel construction and arrangement of elements disclosed, it beingunderstood that modifications may be made within the scope of the claimsWithout departing from the spirit of the in- Vention.

In the drawings forming part of this application Figure 1 is a view infront elevation, showing an awning of the type under consideration, andshowing the operating means, the mounting means, and in dotted lines andfull lines a window frame.

Figure 2 is a vertical section on line 2 2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a diagrammatic view on a reduced scale, showing the awningper se in perspective, and showing the arrangement of braces, pulleys,and winding means for the chains adapted to operate vertically slidableelements for controlling the awning.

Figure l is a detail in side elevationshowing a vertically slidableblock, and the connections therefor and the mounting thereof.

Figure 5 is a transverse section thru a channel elementadapted to besecured to the win- Y dow frame and adapted to receive the verticallyslidable element. 1

Figure 6 shows one of the pulleys and a fragmentary portion of a chaincarried thereby. Y

Figure 7 shows one of the pulleys in edge elevation.

Figures 8 and 9 are detail views showing a double sprocket wheel onwhich the chains at the lower part of the window opening are positionedand by means of which they are controlled in the required relation forraising and lowering the awning by means of a crank applied to the axialelement of the sprocket wheel.

Figure 10 is a detail View showing a retaining tool sprocket wheel.

A portion of a window frame is designated 10, and at the upper portionof the frame I 6o mount a plurality of brackets or the like 11, adaptedto receive the end portions of a transverse rod or other element 12passing thru the side elements 13 of the main frame of the awning,

Carried by the side elements of the main frame is a covering 14 ofsuitable material, depending upon the particular use to which the awningis to be applied. If protection against sun only is required, ordinaryfabric such as that commonly used for the purpose, will be suiiicient.1f fire protection is desired, light sheet metal, or other lire proofmaterial is to be used.

Connected with the forward portion of the side members 13 are dependingdevices` 15 pivoted at 16 and adapted to receive a strip of fabric orlire proof material 17. This additional element serves an effectivepurpose in increasing the efciency of the protecting device, and itsposition is automatically determined in view of the connectionsillustrated in Figure 2.

It is desirable that the element 17 should not be of the type which isreadily displaced by wind or the like, and l provide therefore aplurality of rods or bars 18 pivotally .connected to elements 15, at thepoint or points Y 19, the upper ends of the bars 18 being piv- Oted at20 to stationary brackets 21 mounted 90 on a window frame.

` rllhe bars 22 are pivoted to the main frame of the awning at 23 and at24 they are pivoted to the slidable devices illustrated in detail `inFigures 4 and .5, these elements or slidable 95 devices, designated 25,having the particular construction illustrated, and being adapted to notonly slide vertically within the channels 26, but a gripping actionresults, so that an adjusted position of the awning, determined by theextent to which the chains are shifted, will be maintained.

A plurality of chains will be employed, one on each side of the windowtrame, and

one end of each chain is connected by means of securing device 23 withblock Q5, and the other end is connected by means of securing device 29with said block 25.

The channels 26 each include a web portion 26 thru which securing device30 passes. The side walls of the channels are deflected toward eachother, or converge near their outer portions, and the extreme edges areoutwardly extended at 3l.

The grooved and flanged portions 32 of the block 25 engage the edgeportions of the flanges orP the channels, and while there is freevertical movement, due to the lifting action provided by the chain, anda similar movement in a downward direction,-when the elements are atres* the weight of the awning frame, etc., will serve to cause a bindning action, so that adjustment may be maintained.

The chains are carried around a plurality of pulleys such as 36, andotner pulleys such as 37 positioned adjacent to the lower part of thewindow frame, and the chains then pass to the double sprocket wheel ofl? igures 8 and 9, this wheel being designated 3S and having two seriesof teeth, these series being independently engaged by the chains, andthe latter having tension applied thereto in the direction or directionsapparent from an inspection of Figure 3. The axial element 39 of thewheel 38 is to be operated by means of a hand crank 4:0, and the latteris secured by means ot the retaining device 41 pivoted at 42 andoperating thru the body or socket end 43 of the crank. Engagement of theinner end of the clement 4l is within notch 44 in the element 39.

1When a window screen is employed, it may be connected with the awning,and both screen and awning elevated at the same time, this arrangementbeing useful when the windows are to be cleaned, or at other times.

`What is claimed is l. An awning comprising a. main shielding element,rods pivoted to said shielding element, means hinging one end of theelement 2. An awnino including a hinOed shield-` b D D ing element,fixed guide members having the sides thereof converging and the freeedges disposed laterally to form guide iianges, rods pivoted to theshielding element, brackets pivoted to said rods and provided withiiared portions slidably received in the guide members, curved flangeson said brackets and receiving the guide flanges to cooperate with theextensions in slidably connecting the brackets to said guide members andadapted under the weight of the shielding element to effectively gripthe guide members to support said shielding element in Various adjustedpositions, and an operating means connected to said brackets to adjustthe shielding element.

n testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

JOHN BALTIC MOORE.

